This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Against the historical backdrop of successive socialist and post-socialist claims to have completely remade society, the contributors to this volume explore the complex and often paradoxical continuities between diverse post-socialist presents and their corresponding socialist and pre-socialist pasts. The chapters focus on ways in which: pre-socialist economic, political, and cultural forms in fact endured an era of socialism and have found new life in the post-socialist present, notwithstanding revolutionary socialist claims; continuities with a pre-socialist ...

This book tells the story of a two year research study of young adult women and their leisure with specific reference to swimming. The book explains the study area and then provides a theoretical overview and gives an extensive review on the literature on women and leisure. The next part of the book critically assesses the provision, planning and management of publically provided facilities for leisure and more specifically describes the growth, developemnt and provision for swimming. The methodology on which this study was based is then explained and the ...

The Industrial and Commercial History of England: Lectures Delivered to the University of Oxford (1892) is a book written by James Edwin Thorold Rogers. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial and commercial history of England, covering the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The author delivers his lectures to the University of Oxford, providing a detailed account of the economic and social changes that have occurred in England over the centuries. The book delves into the development of trade, commerce, and industry in ...

Communicating collaboratively is a broad and inclusive concept that can be related to effective health care supply chain management. The concept means many things to many people and much clarification is required before differences in multiple opinions can be fully matured among the health care logistics community. Health care, arguably, begins with effective logistical support and when managed effectively, contributes to an enhanced capability that spans a broad ...

Tragic Drama / Characters: 10 male, 5 female, 5 extras. Scenery: Interior/Exterior This Obie-winning drama was first produced at New York's American Place Theatre and made a star of Faye Dunaway. A highly volatile drama in blank verse, Hogan's Goat is set in a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn populated by Irish Catholic immigrants teeming with hopes of "the American Dream". The current mayor Quinn has been caught in a scandal and the time is ripe for a reform ticket. Ambitious Matthew Stanton ha

"The Three Brontës" is a 1912 treatise on the Brontë sisters by Mary St. Clair. Within this volume Sinclair explores their lives, characters, and works in great detail, offering the reader a fascinating and informative glimpse into their unique world. The Brontës were a famous literary family during the nineteenth century synonymous with the West Riding area of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), and Anne (1820-1849), are now world-famous poets and novelists; and their father, Patrick Brontë (1777 ...

La performance des organisations publiques devient une revendication persistante de l'opinion publique qui contraint l'administration publique de faire mieux avec les mêmes ressources et parfois moins. La quête de la performance publique constitue donc une nouvelle contrainte dans le management public et un pilier de la réforme des finances publiques. L'objectif assigné à cet ouvrage consiste à proposer une démarche de performance simple aux organisations publiques afin de les mener vers l'amélioration ...